Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-09
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOARD of sunsrxisnrs.

Board of Supervisors.
The Board met yesterday, all the mem
bers present. The minutes of March 18th
were read and approved.
On motion of Mr.. Tebbets, the Chair
man of the Public Building Committee
was instructed to place an insurance on the
furniture, records, and all articles that are
insurable in the Courthouse building, to
the amount Of $4,000.
The matter of the applications of John
Shannon and ]. H. Sturgis for appointment
to the office of Justice of the Peace for
Granite Township, to fill the vacancy al
legged to have been occasioned by the failure
of said Shannon to qualify within the time
after election prescribed by law, was taken
up. j. H. MeKune appeared on behalf of
Mr.. Shannon. On motion of Mr. Jackson,
after few remarks, it was decided to lay
the petition on the table, for the purpose of
having the question as to whether a va
cancy existed determined by the Courts
A petition of ]. II. Sawyer and other cit
liens of Road District No. 16 requesting
that bridge be constructed over the Mo-
kelumne river. near Goodhope, between
Gait and Newhope, was read. On motion
of Mr.. Tebbets, and by unanimous vote,
the matter was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Bridges, with instructions that
said committee confer with the Committee
on Roads and Bridges of San Joaquin
county.
A petition of R. T. Scott Ell al, residents
of Alabama Township, asking the Board
to appoint Luther Woodruff Constable of
Alabama Township, there being no Con-
stable in said township, was read. On mo-
ton of Mr. Ross, the petition was granted,
and Mr.. Woodruff declared appointed Con-
stable of Alabama Township.
CoLLEcTIoHs FOR THE HowARDs-The
collections at the polls for the Towards
yesterday were as follows: Precinct Third
and J, Sl4 So precinct Seventeenth and N,
81 So: precinct Tenth and X, So 80; pre-
cinct Twelfth and H, s. S. precinct Ninth
and ], 81 80; precinct Third and X, 81 %;
precinct Fifth and X, 65 cents; total, S47 80.
This collection was only 81 less than that
of the general election last fall when there
were eleven precincts. Seventeenth and
was the champion precinct at the last cleo
ton, but Third and j on this occasion broke
the record. Examination of the contents
of the boxes show that three persons put
in 81 each; thiIty-nine 80 cents each; six
ty-seven, 25 cents each seventy, 10 cents
each; one an English shilling, counted at
is cents; and twenty-three, . cents each,
making total of 203 persons contributing
out of the total number voting. This
money is very gratefully acknowledged by
the Howard Benevolent Association, as
they have been running behind this winter.
MORTALITY FOR FEBRUARY.-Dr. f. L.
Atkinson, Health Officer, reports that sc
deaths occurred in this city during the
month of February. OF these IL were
caused by phthiss pulmonalis; each by
bronchitis and pneumonia; by menin-
gifts. . each by diphtheria, enteritis, me-
phritis. paralysis and cerebritis; and l each
by erysipelas, peritonitis, Group, intermit-
tent fever, csllutitis, hydrocephalis, scir
rhus. cerebral congestion, hemorhage,
homicide, suicide and old age, besides 3
(Chinese) from unknown causes. The rate
of mortality was 1.92 per 1000 for the
month, the population of the city being es-
timated at 80 600, 1000 of whom are Chinese.
The ages Of the deceased were as follows
Under year, 10; to 5, 9: 5 to 10, 2; 10 to
20, /; 20 10 80, 10; 30 to 40, 5; 40 to so, 2;
so to 60. 6 f; over GO, II.
RECEIVED THE PRIZEs.-Y esterday noon,
at the corporation house on Fifth street,
David Lubin presented David Barnes, of
Engine Company No 3 the gold medal Of
fered BIZ Weinstock & Lubin as a prize for
the member of the fire department receiv-
ing the most credits during the year 1886.
The medal is a very handsome one, having
upon one side representation of burning
building, with fireman climbing up lad
der with the fire hose the whole being sur
rounded by the words Sacramento Fire
Department On the other side is the in
scription, Presented for meritorious con-
duct during the year 1886. Weinstock d
Lubin.n Robert Hunt, of the hook and
ladder company, received the second prize,
a suit of clothes, presented by Chief En-
gineer Sullivan.
POLICE CouRr.-In the Police Court yes
terday the case of William Grant, accused
of an assault to murder Samuel Mars, was
continued until this morning. He has not
vet been able to give bail......The cases of
Pat Brogan, w. Cooley and Q. Tomlin,
charged with misdemeanor in violating the
hack or runner ordinance were also con-
tinued unal this morning. $780, Mrs. b. Days
case of disturbing the peace went over until
the 18th Mary Johnson, the terror from
Denver pleaded guilty to disturbing the
peace, and was fined $40, or forty days IN
the county jail. She will probably be al
lowed to leave town, the commitment hang
ing over her TO keep her from returning
soon.
Masonic EXCURSION TO THE SANDWICH
IsLANps.-A party of excursionists, consist
ing of Free Masons and their families, is
beine arranged to visit the Sandwich
Islands this spring. The party will take
steamer at san Francisco and be gone five
or six weeks. going and returning direct to
tho Islands Grand Master Atkinson and
family and others of Sacramento Will be
ri tbe marty. which will include all other
Grand officers and many prominent mem
bers OF the Order in the State. King kala-'
kaua is himself member OF the Masonic
fraternity. and it is expected will extend
cordial reception to the visitors.
ARRrsrs-Ihe following arrests were
made Yesterday VIM. Fitzgerald and
Frank Winson, By officers Sullivan and
Jackson. I,ouis Odell, by Chief Dillman
onJ off,eer sullivan; Robert Callow, by
local officer Nash, and VIM. Hicks and
lanes Kelly. by officers Agner and Woods,
ali for Illegal voting Dan White, by officer
Wager. and John Cody. by City Attorney
Hart and officer Mccormack, for being
drink Frank Saunders, by officers Farrell
and Herndon, for disturbing the peace.
THE TRAIxs.-The California and Oregon
Railroad was cleared late Monday night of
the debris deposited by slides at points
above Sims, and yesterday afternoons train
came through from the northern terminus
~Montarue-being the first to do so for
several days. The Western train arriving
here at $50 P. ~ yesterday did not bring
Messengers and mails from the south, but
thew arrived by special about o'clock.
FIRE LAST NIeHr-The alarm of fire
from box No. %, at 1880 o'clock last night,
was occasioned by the discovery that fire
had started in some mysterious manner in
the third story of the Phoenix Mill on
Thirteenth street. 1t was necessary to cut
a hole in the roof before the fire could be
reached and the damage BY fire and water
amounted 10 500, or more.
MErRopoLIrAN THETER.-"C Cinderella
will be repeated tonight with the revised